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Question 1

The Age of Discovery

Answer 1

A period of European global exploration from the 15th to 17th centuries/Search for new trade routes, quest for wealth, and spread of Christianity

Question 2

Motivations for European Exploration

Answer 2

Gold God Glory Trade

Question 3

Christopher Columbus

Answer 3

Reached the Americas in 1492

Question 4

Vasco da Gama

Answer 4

Found sea route to India around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope

Question 5

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 5

Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe

Question 6

Henry Hudson

Answer 6

Explored North America, including Hudson Bay

Question 7

Astrolabe

Answer 7

Instrument used to determine latitude at sea

Question 8

The Columbian Exchange

Answer 8

arge-scale transfer of plants, animals, culture, technology, and
diseases between the Old and New Worlds

Question 9

The Atlantic Slave Trade

Answer 9

To provide labor for plantations in the Americas/Forced relocation of millions of Africans

Question 10

The Aztec Civilization

Answer 10

*Complex calendar system
* Advanced agriculture (chinampas)
* Monumental architecture

Question 11

The Inca Civilization

Answer 11

• Extensive road network
• Advanced architecture
• Terrace farming techniques

Question 12

Terrace Farming in the Andes

Answer 12

Agricultural technique using steps cut into hillsides
Maximizes cultivable land in mountainous regions
* Prevents soil erosion
* Improves irrigation and water management

Question 13

Spanish Conquistadors

Answer 13

Spanish explorers and soldiers who led expeditions to the
Americas Acquire wealth and territory for Spain

Question 14

Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of the Incas

Answer 14

Find gold and riches
Capture and execution of Atahualpa

Question 15

Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of the Aztecs

Answer 15

• Alliance with indigenous groups opposing Aztecs
• Capture of Montezuma II
• Siege and fall of Tenochtitlán in 1521

Question 16

The Encomienda System

Answer 16

To reward conquistadors the Spanish Crown
;Led to widespread exploitation and abuse of indigenous people

Question 17

Impact of European Diseases on Native Populations

Answer 17

Smallpox, measles, influenza